One great way to learn about stamps is to join a club and luckily, Buffalo has one, the Buffalo Stamp Club. It is $12 to join and they have meetings twice a month on Fridays except during the summer (June, July, August).

Stamps are a great way to learn history and a fun way to collect.  You can define your collecting by subject (eg., boats, flowers, wars, musicians), age (before 1920), or many other ways.  Also when traveling, it is fun to pick up a few stamps from that country.

If you are really interested, you can take an on-line stamp collecting course by the American Philatelic Society. Stamp Collecting 101 is $20.

Stamp Collecting Events (nationally)